So 411A, !!!!bottle and ekbusdriver etc
What are your options. You say the big bucks are over. Exactly !!so you dont have alot of options. You could try another job but I get the feeling you would not be happy there either. There is one other option and that would be a change of career. Failing that start looking on the brightside. The market in USA and Canada is crap. Europe gives you respect due to unionism, but the standard of living esp UK is expensive. The Far East is similar to here. So where do you go....
Solution; go to work and try and enjoy it. At least you have a job and a choice of where you go. I think in the Managements eyes the price is right whether we think so or not (and I am not management) Their view is that if you dont like it then you know where airport road is. There will be several hundred that will take your place. Strange thing is in the few months following your fictitious resignations, everyone will get on with their lives and you will be just someone who used to work here.
I have experienced that in my last job and whatever anyone says this is alot better than what I had before. Remember why you came here in the first place. Maybe you have outgrown Dubai and should change jobs or careers. If none of that works, then vote with your feet and leave. Dont tell people about it just do it. I did in my last career and have not looked back. I have also seen many people say they are pissed off and are going to leave. I was in my last comapny for a long time and there was a guy there who the first time I met him just moaned about how his life and job was crap. He is still there and still moaning and that 20 years ago. What an arsehole !
T & C's will not change yet. Only when they need to change them and that is when they cannot get people to fly the aircraft. It will happen so just be patient.